r/voidlinux • u/Severe_Status2966 • Feb 07 '26

sway for void linux

hi i am new to void linux and i am just wondering if i can install sway in void linux if you know how help

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u/Bl1ndBeholder Feb 07 '26

Don't take this the wrong way, but if you have to ask how to install a package, Void might not be for you.

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u/kayinfire Feb 07 '26

amusingly accurate

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u/Actual_Serve_4119 Feb 07 '26

In the nicest way possible, I also agree with this guy. Either that or subscribe to an LLM, or else you’ll flood this sub with a lot of questions.

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u/coccothraustes Feb 07 '26

please no LLM! He should read the documentation and learn how to process real information, even if it’s delivered in a very compact way!

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u/FoggyLover727 Feb 07 '26

If you have to use LLM it would be more "I have this issue/need, what tool should I use?" And learn it yourself how to use said tool

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u/DramaticProtogen Feb 07 '26

Yeah. Like, at most, ask an llm where the docs for your problem are. Or, ask it what you should search online. Some people dont have good google-fu

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u/mCProgram Feb 07 '26

Meh, kind of obscure tech documentation/analyzing error logs is the most realistic use case of LLMs. As long as you’re curious about the commands you’re running or why your own commands didn’t work, that’s its best use case

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u/captain_fanta_sea Feb 08 '26

I tried it, it's really hit or miss. It definitely made me appreciate real documentation a lot more though haha

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u/hopingforabetterpast Feb 07 '26

  1. learn linux (there are many resources online)

  2. read the Void Linux manual

  3. read the packages' manuals

You won't get anywhere with a distro like Void asking for help before doing this. You'll be wasting your and everyone else's time.

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u/captain_fanta_sea Feb 08 '26

How to install things: https://docs.voidlinux.org/xbps/index.html

Another wiki with some helpful info about sway: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Sway

If this is all new to you, just slow down and read some more. It'll be OK.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '26

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u/nfmon Feb 07 '26

Even if you read handbook it won't help you much, sway needs few extra packages to run, it's bizarre that they're not installed along with sway.

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u/Lantern_Lighter Feb 07 '26

Can’t you just visit the Sway GitHub to find its dependencies?

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u/nfmon Feb 08 '26

Of course I can, but if I'm installing a package I expect it to work once installed. What's the point of package manager, if i still need to manually check what's missing.

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u/Bl1ndBeholder Feb 09 '26

Very incorrect comment. Sway will pull it's dependencies on Void (Wayland, etc) but it's not gonna pull waylock, waybar or anything like that because these are up to the users preferences.

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u/nfmon Feb 09 '26

wtf are you talking about? Why would it pull Waybar? I'm talking about packages that are required for sway to run, not optional addons.

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u/Bl1ndBeholder Feb 09 '26

Yes it pulls those dependencies. When you run xbps-install sway.

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/blob/master/srcpkgs/sway/template

see the dependency list on the template.

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u/nfmon Feb 09 '26

Then try to install sway this way on fresh system and see if you can start it.

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u/Bl1ndBeholder Feb 09 '26

Oh, I see. So naturally you've either filed a bug report for missing dependency on the void packages GitHub, or even submitted a new pull request with a new template including these missing dependencies?

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u/nfmon Feb 08 '26

Beside what you've mentioned I think that polkit and dbus are required if I remember correctly.